New Video, New Europe

A Survey of Eastern European Video January 11 – February 22, 2004

Jesper Alvaer(Czech Republic)Birds, 20011' 18

Placing the camera on the ground of a public square, Alvear sprinkles bird food in front of the lens. Within seconds, pigeons smother the frame, cooing, fluttering and pecking until they become a violent cubist jumble whose dissolution is just as sudden.

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